Mr I. M. Le M. DuQuesnay
Members of the Faculty will be saddened by news of the death of Ian DuQuesnay. Mr DuQuesnay was appointed to a University Lectureship in the Faculty from October 1983. He was the author of various...
View ArticleResearch Associates in Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems
Applications are sought for two Research Associates to join the 'Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems' Project (VIEWS), led by the Principal Investigator Dr Philippa Steele. Closing date 9...
View ArticleBrian Leech Memorial Fund
The Faculty of Classics is delighted to announce the establishment of the Brian Leech Memorial Fund. The Fund comes about thanks to a generous donation by Emma Gleave, and is made in memory of her late...
View ArticleMary Beard receives THE Outstanding Achievement Award
Professor Mary Beard received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2022 Times Higher Education Awards . The citation hailed how she had “broken through the ivory tower’s walls and brought her...
View ArticleRegius Professorship of Greek
The Faculty is delighted to announce that Professor Tim Whitmarsh FBA has been elected Regius Professor of Greek from 1 April 2023. He is currently the A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture in the...
View ArticleNew appointment in Classical Archaeology
The Faculty is delighted to announce that Dr Jane Rempel has been appointed to an Assistant Professorship in Classics from 1 September 2023. She is currently Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at the...
View ArticleClassics Shorts with Mary Beard: videos for schools
We are thrilled to be launching Classics Shorts : a series of videos for schools introducing the ancient Greek and Roman worlds and exploring themes with continuing resonance for the modern classroom....
View ArticleProfessor Caroline Vout's book 'Exposed' named winner of 2023 London Hellenic...
The Faculty is delighted to congratulate Professor Caroline Vout on her book Exposed being named winner of the 2023 London Hellenic Prize. Further details are available here:...
View ArticleA.G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture
The Board of Electors to the A.G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work falls within the general field of the Professorship to take...
View ArticleGreek Literature and its Critics Conference
The programme for the Greek Literature and its Critics conference, to be held on 7th - 9th December 2023 in room G21, is available here .
View ArticleJohn Donaldson
The Museum of Classical Archaeology is very sad to report the death on 21 September 2022 of its former Assistant Curator, John Donaldson. John worked in the Museum from 1988 until his retirement in in...
View ArticleNew findings from Interamna Lirenas change our understanding of Roman history
A rare roofed theatre, markets, warehouses, a river port and other startling discoveries made by a Cambridge-led team of archaeologists challenge major assumptions about the decline of Roman Italy. New...
View ArticleLaunch of the Faculty of Classics portal on the Cambridge Digital Library
The Cambridge Digital Library has launched a dedicated Faculty of Classics portal . The first two collections feature digitized archival material from the Papers of Alan J. B. Wace, Laurence Professor...
View ArticleVacancy: Faculty Administrative Assistant
The Faculty invites applications for the post of Faculty Administrative Assistant. Further details are available online. The closing date is 8 February 2024.
View ArticleVacancy: Faculty of Classics Library Assistant
The Faculty of Classics Librarian invites applications for the post of Library Assistant. Further details are available online . The closing date is 4 February 2024.
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Publication: The New Documents in Mycenaean Greek
The Faculty of Classics is proud to announce the publication of The New Documents in Mycenaean Greek , edited by John Killen FBA, the Emeritus Professor of Mycenaean Greek. More than a dozen leading...
View ArticleBrian Leech Memorial Fund
The Faculty of Classics is delighted to announce the establishment of the Brian Leech Memorial Fund. The Fund comes about thanks to a generous donation by Emma Gleave, and is made in memory of her late...
View ArticleVacancy: Assistant Professor in Latin literature
The Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Classics (Latin literature) from 01 September 2024. The role is open to those, at any stage in their career, with a primary...
View ArticleSoundmarks Project
Soundmarks, an art/archaeology collaboration between Rose Ferraby, Cambridge Archaeologist, and Rob St John using sound and visual art launches at DIG in York. In 2019 the pair created work exploring...
View ArticleClassical Equalities Lecture 25 April 2024 at 17.00 in G19
Jane Draycott will be giving this year’s Classical Equalities lecture, on ‘ Prostheses in Classical Antiquity: Everything You Never Knew You Wanted To Know’. Jane Draycott is Lecturer in Ancient...
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